The day everyone finds out where they are finally going for residency and in what specialty. You can’t help but be excited for them then wonder how crazy it is for your friends that got the “Congratulations! You have matched!” email to wait four days to find out where they are going for the next […]

The minute you read the email at 11 a.m., “We are sorry, you did not match to any position,” your whole life changes around you even if you try to avoid it. Immediately the sense of shock and disappointment sets in with an uncomfortable feeling of inadequacy. Even worse, you have no time to reflect […]

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